This Application Cannot Run Under A Virtual Machine

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This Application Cannot Run Under A Virtual Machine

Douglas Oliveira 6

Hello, I'm doing some testing of an application, and when I try to run it in a Windows 10 or 11 VM inside azure the application generates this error "This Application Cannot Run Under A Virtual Machine" There are some workarounds for me to solve this problem.

I really need to finish testing this application.

Mohammed Altamash Mohammed Suleman Khan 2,331 Reputation points

2022-07-10T23:19:07.767+00:00

Hi Douglas

Step 1 : Uninstalling - Hyper V ( Run - appwiz.cpl - Turn off Program feature and Uninstalling all Hyper V services - Restart your PC
Step 2 : Go in BIOS ( F2 or F10 during start of PC ) and turn off your virtualization in BIOS Setting.

I used to have this same error when i used to play NFS : THE RUN game and sorted out by this step.

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Douglas Oliveira 6 Reputation points

2022-07-10T23:23:17.493+00:00

step 1 I already did and it still didn't work. step 2 I can't do because this VM windwos 11 is running on Azure, and I can't get into the bios of this VM inside azure

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Mohammed Altamash Mohammed Suleman Khan 2,331 Reputation points

2022-07-10T23:19:07.767+00:00

Hi Douglas

Step 1 : Uninstalling - Hyper V ( Run - appwiz.cpl - Turn off Program feature and Uninstalling all Hyper V services - Restart your PC
Step 2 : Go in BIOS ( F2 or F10 during start of PC ) and turn off your virtualization in BIOS Setting.

I used to have this same error when i used to play NFS : THE RUN game and sorted out by this step.

---------if that helps you --please don't forget to "Accept the answer" if the reply is helpful-----------
Douglas Oliveira 6 Reputation points

2022-07-10T23:23:17.493+00:00

step 1 I already did and it still didn't work. step 2 I can't do because this VM windwos 11 is running on Azure, and I can't get into the bios of this VM inside azure

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kobulloc-MSFT 26,811 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Hello, @Anonymous !

What software are you trying to run? Usually this is an issue of software license restrictions that prevent the software from being run in a cloud environment. There are a couple features in Windows 11 that can trigger this even if you run the program locally as well as a registry workaround but neither of these would address intended license restrictions if the software isn't allowed to be run on a virtual machine.

Windows 11 features that may trigger this error
You may experience these errors on Windows 11 with certain Windows features enabled. You can try going to Turn Windows features on or off in the control panel and turning off:

Hyper-V
Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Hypervisor Platform

What about workarounds, like editing the registry?
There are workarounds posted online that will instruct you to update your SystemBiosVersion with NOBOX -1 in your registry. Editing your registry is not recommended as it may cause your VM to become unresponsive or unusable and you may still be in violation of your software license.

Douglas Oliveira 6 Reputation points

2022-07-10T22:59:43.917+00:00

Thanks for the answer.

I've done all those steps you mentioned. after I reassemble the VM, the registry key values back to the default which is VRTUAL - 1 Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 Microsoft - 100032.
kobulloc-MSFT 26,811 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-07-10T23:33:53.96+00:00

No worries, @Anonymous ! What software are you trying to test? I'm going to do some additional research on my end to see if there are any other causes that may cause this error message as it appears this software may not support use in a cloud/virtual machine environment.
Ahmed Khaly 0 Reputation points

2023-11-11T01:09:34.05+00:00

Hello dear friend ,

May I ask you a favour ?

i have faced problem " you can not run this application under VM " on such a game called silkroad

could you please tell me the solution if you don`t mind , i will be more greatful

with my pleasure .

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